Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Where Minto earns its living
About one in ten stay in Minto for work; outside it, Grafton is the main destination (22%, 8 miles). Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average; North Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26. 150 jobs are based in Minto; 254 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Minto: the figures worth knowing
Out of Minto to work: where people go
Where Minto clocks in
22% of workers
15% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who leaves Minto for work, and who comes in
On a workday 227 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Minto on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Minto works in goods: 35% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minto, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 150. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, about the ND average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minto workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 370 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Minto goes to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Minto: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minto workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minto | – | — | — | 17 min | $84,464 |
| Walsh Centre Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Harriston Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Ardoch Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walsh Centre Township, Harriston Township and Ardoch Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minto’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Minto: questions
What is the median household income in Minto?
$84,464 (±$14,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minto?
17.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minto?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minto work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grafton (22%, 8 mi), Grand Forks (15%, 29 mi), Fargo (9%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Minto without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minto
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.